Sramana Mitra: What about technology trends? I’m sure you’re immediately going to say AI. I know AI is a big trend. Is there anything else that you’re seeing out there that is worth highlighting? Venu Pemmaraju: I was just going to add that. The other thing that we’re also seeing is most of these companies
Sramana Mitra: I want to ask you one question about the cyber security practice of Wipro and how all these investments play into the dynamics of that. One thing we are hearing from CISOs is that they are bombarded with vendors trying to sell them solutions. Cyber security is one of the most active spaces
Sramana Mitra: What about geography? Venu Pemmaraju: The companies that we invest in must have a go-to market play in North America. Therefore, they should have a leadership presence in North America. For example, in our current portfolio, we have companies with headquarters in Israel, India, and in the US. Just to add to that,
Sramana Mitra: The question I’m asking is a little bit beyond what you just answered. Let us say we have a company that we want to send to you for investment. This company already has product-market fit. It is already deployed in major customers. It’s understood that it fits your stage requirement and validation requirement.
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Milos Sochor was recorded in June 2018. Biplab Adhya and Venu Pemmaraju are Co-Heads of Wipro Ventures. Sramana Mitra: Tell us a bit about yourselves as well as Wipro Ventures. Let’s introduce
Biplab Adhya and Venu Pemmaraju, Co-Heads of Wipro Ventures.